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- the present disclosure generally relates to the field of display technologies and, more particularly, relates to a display substrate and its fabrication method, a display panel, and a display apparatus.
- Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) display apparatus may include OLED devices using organic materials. Such organic materials are often easy to react with oxygen and moisture in the air. This may reduce the lifetime and function of the OLED devices. Therefore, it is desirable to strictly separate the OLED devices from moisture and oxygen in the air in order to prolong the lifetime of the OLED devices.
- a display substrate 1 may include a substrate 10 and a displaying region 11 for display.
- the display substrate 1 may also include a sealing region 12 in the peripheral area of the displaying region 11 .
- a sealing glass 13 may be applied in the sealing region 12
- a sealing substrate 2 may be placed on top of the sealing glass 13 .
- the sealing glass 13 may be welded or fused by laser radiation.
- the display substrate 1 may be bonded to the sealing substrate 2 .
- the OLED device may thus be sealed in a closed region formed by the two substrates and the sealing glass 13 between the two substrates to avoid the contact with the moisture and oxygen in the air.
- Such method may provide an excellent sealing ability for 7000 hours under a temperature of 85° C. and relative moisture of 85%.
- the sealing ability provided by using the sealing glass may be much better than the sealing ability when using UV resin.
- a driving wire 14 In order to transmit the signal from outside for example from a driving circuit to the OLED devices, a driving wire 14 needs to pass across the sealing region 12 and enter into the displaying region 11 . Therefore, the driving wire 14 has to overlap with the sealing region 12 . Because the driving wire 14 often has a certain height, the overlapping region may not be uniform. Stress may be generated in the overlapping region to easily break the welding sealing glass 13 , causing sealing failure.
- the disclosed array substrates and fabrication methods, display panels, and display apparatus are directed to at least partially alleviate one or more problems set forth above and to solve other problems in the art.
- the display substrate includes a substrate including a sealing region and a driving wire on the substrate. At least a portion of the driving wire is in the sealing region.
- the portion of the driving wire includes: a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and sides there-between connecting to the first surface and the second surface. Each side has a projection width on the substrate of at least about 1 ⁇ m.
- the projection width of each side on the substrate is at least about 2 ⁇ m.
- the projection width of each side on the substrate is at most about 5 ⁇ m.
- each side of the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region has a planar surface.
- each side of the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region has one of a cambered surface and a waving surface.
- each side of the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region has at least a protrusion.
- each side of the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region includes a plurality of continuous protrusions.
- the plurality of continuous protrusions on both sides of the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region has a same three-dimensional shape.
- each side of the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region includes a plurality of discrete protrusions.
- the display substrate further includes a displaying region.
- the sealing region is in a peripheral area near the displaying region to surround the displaying region.
- the driving wire includes one or more selected from a data line, a common electrode line and a power line.
- a substrate including a sealing region is provided.
- a plurality of driving wires is formed on the substrate. At least a portion of the driving wire is in the sealing region.
- the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region includes: a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and sides there-between connecting to the first surface and the second surface. Each side has a projection width on the substrate of at least about 1 ⁇ m.
- the step of forming the driving wires includes: depositing a metal layer on the substrate, coating a photoresist layer on the metal layer, using a photolithographic process to form a patterned photoresist layer, and etching the metal layer using the patterned photoresist layer as a mask to form the plurality of driving wires.
- Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a display panel including two substrates and a sealing glass between the two substrates. At least one of the two substrates includes the disclosed display substrate.
- the sealing glass is in the sealing region of the display substrate for bonding the two substrates together, and the driving wire is configured to pass across the sealing region.
- Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a display apparatus including the disclosed display panel.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a top view of an existing display substrate
- FIG. 2 illustrates an enlarged schematic diagram of the display substrate in A position in FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the existing display substrate
- FIG. 4 illustrates a top view of an exemplary display substrate according to various embodiments of the present disclosure
- FIG. 5 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the exemplary display substrate according to various embodiments of the present disclosure
- FIG. 6 illustrates another cross-sectional view of the exemplary display substrate according to various embodiments of the present disclosure
- FIG. 7 illustrates a top view of another exemplary display substrate according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 8 illustrates a top view of another exemplary display substrate according to various embodiments of the present disclosure.
- the present disclosure provides array substrates and fabrication methods, display panels, and display apparatus to solve the non-uniformity surface problems of the driving wire at an overlapping region with a welding sealing glass in the sealing region of the display substrate.
- the present disclosure provides the driving wire with desired sides used as buffer zones for sealing.
- the present disclosure also increases the contacting area between the driving wire and the welding sealing glass to increase sealing ability of the display substrate. Therefore, the welding sealing glass may not break easily and the sealing yield may be increased.
- the disclosed display substrate may include a substrate including a sealing region.
- the disclosed display substrate may further include a driving wire on the substrate and the driving wire includes at least a portion in the sealing region.
- the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region may include: for example, a first surface, such as a top surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, such as a bottom surface, on the substrate, and two sides each configured between the first and second surfaces and connecting to each of the first and second surfaces.
- Each side of the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region has a vertical projection on the substrate with a projection width of at least about 1 ⁇ m.
- the present disclose may provide an exemplary display substrate.
- the display substrate may include a substrate 10 .
- the substrate 10 may include a sealing region 12 used for sealing.
- a driving wire 14 may be arranged on the substrate 10 . At least a part of the driving wire 14 may be arranged in the sealing region 12 .
- an insulating layer 15 may be arranged on the driving wire 14 and the substrate 10 .
- the display substrate 1 may include a displaying region 11 used for displaying and a sealing region 12 surrounding or enclosing the displaying region 11 .
- OLED devices may be arranged in the displaying region 11 .
- Sealing glass 13 may be arranged in the sealing region 12 .
- a sealing substrate 2 may be placed on the sealing glass 13 .
- the display substrate 1 may be bonded to the sealing substrate 2 after a laser radiation of the sealing glass 13 .
- the OLED devices may be sealed in the closed region formed by the two substrates, i.e., the display substrate 1 and the sealing substrate 2 , and the sealing glass 13 between the two substrates to avoid the moisture and oxygen in the air.
- the driving wire 14 may be arranged on the substrate 10 .
- the driving wire 14 may include a data line, a common electrode line, a power line, etc., without any limitations.
- the driving wire 14 may pass across the sealing region 12 to enter into the displaying region 11 .
- the driving wire 14 and the insulating layer 15 on the driving wire 14 may be partially overlapped with the sealing region 12 .
- the insulating layer 15 in the sealing region 12 may contact the sealing glass 13 in the sealing region 12 .
- the driving wire 14 may be a metal driving wire for a better signal transmission.
- the driving wire 14 in the sealing region 12 may include a top surface and a bottom surface configured on a surface of the substrate 10 . In some cases, both the top surface and the bottom surface are configured in parallel with the surface of the substrate 10 . In other cases, the top surface may not be in parallel with the surface of the substrate 10 but having an angle with the surface of the substrate 10 , while the bottom surface is disposed on the substrate 10 and in parallel with the surface of the substrate 10 .
- the driving wire 14 in the sealing region 12 may further include two sides 141 between the top surface and the bottom surface, each side having one end connected to the top surface and having another end connected to the bottom surface.
- the two sides 141 may not be perpendicular or vertical to the top or bottom surface of the driving wire 14 in the sealing region 12 .
- Each of the two sides 141 of the driving wire 14 in the sealing region 12 may form an acute angle with the top or bottom surface of the driving wire 14 .
- the acute angles may be the same or different on both sides.
- the driving wire 14 in the sealing region 12 in the present embodiment may have a cross-section shape including a trapezium.
- the vertical projection of each of the sides 141 on the substrate may have a projection width.
- the projection width may be at least about 1 ⁇ m, as shown in FIGS. 5-6 .
- the driving wire 14 may be in the sealing region 12 and may include: a top surface and a bottom surface in parallel with a surface of the substrate 10 , and two sides 141 each respectively connecting to both the top surface and the bottom surface.
- the vertical projection of each of the sides 141 on the substrate may have a projection width of about 1 ⁇ m or greater.
- a bottom surface may be surely in contact with the substrate 10
- a top surface may be opposite to the bottom surface
- the top surface and the bottom surface may be bonded by two sides 141 , as shown in FIG. 3 .
- the two sides 141 may not be fully perpendicular to the substrate 10 .
- the two sides 141 may be tilted relatively to the substrate 10 . Therefore, on the two sides of the driving wire 14 , a thickness-tapering region along a direction from inside to the edge of the driving wire 14 may exist.
- the thickness-tapering region may be shown as the sides 141 .
- the sides 141 may thus each have a projection width projected on the substrate 10 .
- the projection width may be a size perpendicular to a length direction of the driving wire 14 .
- the projection width may also be referred to as width amplitude of the sides 141 .
- the sides 141 may be used as buffer zones for buffering stress generated between the driving wire 14 and the sealing glass 13 .
- the welding sealing glass 13 may thus not be broken easily.
- the sides 141 may increase the contact area between the driving wire 14 and the sealing glass 13 .
- the sides 141 may increase the sealing ability of the display substrate 1 and increase the sealing yield. Therefore, by increasing the size of the sides 141 , the contact area, either direct or indirect, between the driving wire 14 and the sealing glass 13 may be increased and the sealing ability of the display substrate 1 may be increased.
- the projection width of the sides projected on the substrate may be at least about 1 ⁇ m.
- the sealing glass 13 may not be in direct contact with the driving wire 14 .
- the sealing glass 13 may contact the driving wire 14 indirectly. Therefore, the contact area may be an indirect contact area.
- the sides 141 are configured to increase the indirect contact area between the driving wire 14 and the sealing glass 13 . Therefore, the sides 141 in the indirect contact area between the driving wire 14 and the sealing glass 13 may need to follow the size requirements as disclosed herein.
- the size requirements may include a width requirement of the sides 141 of the driving wire 14 in the sealing region 12 for at least about 1 ⁇ m. In one embodiment, considering ease for the fabrication process, all the sides 141 of the driving wire 14 may have a same projection width. However, the sides 141 of the driving wire 14 may have a different projection width.
- the projection width of the vertical projection of the sides 141 on the substrate may be about 2 ⁇ m or greater.
- the projection width of the vertical projection of the sides 141 on the substrate may be about 5 ⁇ m or less.
- the bonding strength between the welding sealing glass 13 and the driving wire 14 may be better.
- the display substrate 1 and the sealing substrate 2 may be bonded more tightly. Therefore, the sealing ability of the display substrate 1 may be increased.
- the size of the driving wire 141 such as the projection width of each of the sides 141 may not be increased unlimitedly.
- the overlapping area is too large, the setting of other components or devices may be affected.
- the wider the side is the side may be tilted less.
- the top surface of the side may be closer to the top surface of the driving wire 14 .
- the contact area between the driving wire 14 and the sealing glass 13 may not be increased.
- One or both sides 141 of the driving wire 14 may have a projection width on the substrate 10 of greater than or equal to about 2 ⁇ m, and less than or equal to about 5 ⁇ m.
- each of the tilted sides 141 of the driving wire 14 may have a top surface including a planar top surface or a flat top surface.
- each of the tilted sides 141 of the driving wire 14 may have a curved surface such as a cambered surface or a waving surface including concave and convex surfaces.
- the top surface of the driving wire 14 may have a certain shape or pattern in a plane vertical to the top surface, then the contact area between the top surface of the driving wire 14 and the insulating layer 15 may increase.
- the indirect contact area between the driving wire 14 and the sealing glass 13 may also increase.
- the sides 141 of the driving wire 14 may have various shapes in accordance with various embodiments.
- the top surface of the side 141 of the driving wire 14 which is the surface in contact with the sealing glass 13 , may be a planar surface as shown in FIG. 5 or a smooth waving surface as shown in FIG. 6 .
- the top surface may also include a plurality of uneven waving surfaces.
- the shape and morphology of the top surface of the side 141 may affect the bonding ability between the driving wire 14 and the sealing glass 13 .
- the shape and morphology of the top surface of the sides 141 of the driving wire 14 may not be limited. Any suitable shapes and morphologies may be used for the top surface of the sides 141 of the driving wire 14 .
- the present embodiment provides a display substrate.
- the display substrate in FIG. 7 may have a similar structure as the display substrate 1 illustrated in FIGS. 4-6 , except that sides 141 of the driving wire 14 in the sealing region 12 in FIG. 7 may further have at least one protrusion 142 .
- the sides 141 of the driving wire 14 may be a line when being viewed from a certain direction, without having any protrusions. Therefore, the contact area of the driving wire 14 with the sealing glass 13 may be small.
- the welding between the sealing glass 13 and the driving wire 14 may not be sufficiently stable. Under a stress, the welding sealing glass 13 may break and the sealing of the display substrate 1 may fail. Therefore, the sealing yield of the display substrate 1 may decrease.
- the two sides 141 of the driving wire 14 may not be linear anymore.
- the two sides 141 may have a profile having a randomly-curved line.
- the randomly-curved line may have protrusions 142 .
- the protrusions 142 with different numbers, different positions, and different shapes may be arranged along the length of the driving wire 14 .
- the linear lines may be converted to curved lines having any random cross-section shapes.
- the edges of the two sides 141 of the driving wire 14 may be arranged having randomly curved shapes or patterns to effectively increase the welding area between the driving wire 14 and the sealing glass 13 .
- the welding between the driving wire 14 and the sealing glass 13 may be stronger, and the sealing ability of the display substrate 1 may be better.
- the sealing yield of the display substrate 1 may be improved.
- the width of such randomly curved sides of driving wire 14 may be the same or similar as the width of sides of driving wire 14 that do not have protrusions. Because the sides 141 are used to increase the contact area between the driving wire 14 and the sealing glass 13 , as long as the driving wire 14 in the sealing region 12 provides desired contact area, other portion(s) of the driving wire 14 outside of the sealing region 12 may have any possible shapes, cross sections, surface morphologies, etc. without limitation. For example, the sides 141 of the driving wire 14 in other regions may still have a linear line or linear profile, e.g., without having any protrusions. However, considering ease of the process flow and the fabricating steps, all edges of the driving wire 14 may be a curved line along a length direction.
- the two sides 141 of the driving wire 14 may include a plurality of continuous protrusions 142 , as opposed to discrete protrusions.
- the plurality of the protrusions 142 may be connected with one another.
- the edge of the side 141 may be in the shape of the curved line with random shapes.
- the edge of the side 141 may not have a linear portion in parallel with the longitudinal or length direction.
- the protrusions 142 may be discretely arranged having intervals between adjacent protrusions.
- the edge of the driving wire 14 may include a plurality of linear lines separated by an interval between adjacent protrusions, plus curved lines between the linear lines.
- each of the two sides 141 of the driving wire 14 may have a plurality of the continuous protrusions 142 , and each protrusion has a same or similar shape.
- the driving wire 14 may have a symmetrical structure, e.g., having a central line or central plane along a longitudinal direction of the driving wire 14 .
- the two sides 141 are symmetrically configured and centered by the central line or central plane of the driving wire 14 along the longitudinal direction of the driving wire 14 .
- the plurality of the protrusions 142 may have same or similar three-dimensional shapes.
- the cross-section shape of the sides 141 of the driving wire 14 may include a regularly and periodically curved line.
- the two sides 141 of the driving wire 14 may be arranged to include a plurality of protrusions 142 with irregular shapes.
- the purpose of the arrangement of the protrusions 142 is to form a curved line for the side 141 in a cross-section view of the driving wire 14 as shown in FIGS. 7-8 .
- Specific three-dimensional shape, number, and/or position of the protrusions 142 may be determined according to the actual needs and are not limited by FIGS. 7-8 .
- the two sides 141 of the driving wire 14 may at least have a vertical projection on the substrate to provide a projection width of about 1 ⁇ m or greater.
- a plurality of driving wires 14 may be included in one display substrate and may be the same or different. In one embodiment, some driving wires among all driving wires in one display substrate may be the same, other driving wires may be different. For example, a number of driving wires 14 illustrated in FIG. 7 and a number of driving wires 14 illustrated in FIG. 8 may be included in a same display substrate.
- various embodiments provide a method for fabricating a display substrate.
- the display substrate may be any of the display substrates as described in the present disclosure.
- the fabrication method may include, for example, forming a plurality of driving wires 14 spaced apart and passing across the sealing region 12 to enter into the displaying region 11 .
- the driving wire 14 in the sealing region may at least include a top surface and a bottom surface configured in parallel with the substrate.
- the top surface and the bottom surface connecting to each of the two sides 141 and each of the two sides 141 may have a projection width of at least about 1 ⁇ m.
- the fabrication steps for forming the driving wires 14 may include: depositing a metal layer on the substrate by sputtering.
- a photoresist layer may be coated on the metal layer, followed by a photolithographic process to form a patterned photoresist layer by exposure and developing of the photoresist layer.
- the metal layer is then etched using the patterned photoresist layer as an etch mask to form the driving wires.
- the angle formed between the side 141 and a surface of the substrate may be decreased. Therefore, in the etching process to form the driving wires 14 , the acid ingredients, concentrations, and additives of the etchant solution may be adjusted according to the structure of the to-be-formed driving wire 14 .
- the display substrate 1 fabricated in the present embodiment may include driving wires 14 , and at least a portion of a driving wire 14 in the sealing region 12 includes sides 141 each having a projection width of a vertical projection on the substrate of at least about 1 ⁇ m.
- the projection widths of the two sides of the same driving wire 14 may be the same or different.
- the sides of the driving wire 14 may be used as buffer zones.
- the welding sealing glass 13 may not be broken easily.
- the contact area of the driving wire 14 and the sealing glass 13 may be increased.
- the sealing ability of the display substrate 1 may be improved.
- the size, surface shape, and surface morphology of the sides may be controlled and adjusted during the fabrication process of the driving wires 14 .
- various embodiments also provide a display panel.
- the display panel may include two substrates and a sealing glass between the two substrates. At least one of the two substrates may be the display substrate disclosed herein.
- the sealing glass 13 may be configured in the sealing region 12 to bond the two substrates including the display substrate 1 and the sealing substrate 2 . At least a portion of the driving wire 14 may be arranged in the sealing region 12 .
- the disclosed display panel may include at least one of the display substrates 1 disclosed in FIGS. 5-8 .
- the display substrate 1 may include a displaying region 11 used for displaying and a sealing region 12 configured in a peripheral area near the displaying region 11 and surrounding the displaying region 11 .
- OLED devices may be arranged in the displaying region 11 .
- the sealing glass 13 may be in the sealing region 12 .
- the sealing region 12 may be arranged on the display substrate 1 . After a laser radiation, the sealing glass 13 may be welded and the display substrate 1 and the sealing substrate 2 may be bonded together. Therefore, the OLED devices may be sealed in the closed region formed by the two substrates and the sealing glass 13 between the two substrates to avoid the moisture and oxygen in the air from contacting the OLED devices.
- the present embodiment may provide a display apparatus.
- the display apparatus may include any of the display substrates disclosed in the present disclosure.
- the display apparatus may include a liquid crystal panel, an electronic paper, an OLED panel, a cell phone, a tablet, a television, a monitor, a laptop, a digital frame, or a navigation device, or any product or part having a displaying function.
- the display apparatus in the present disclosure may include a sealing glass 13 arranged in the sealing region 12 .
- the sealing substrate 2 may be arranged on the display substrate 1 . After laser radiation, the sealing glass 13 may be welded to bond the display substrate 1 and the sealing substrate 2 together.
- the OLED devices may be sealed in the closed region formed by the two substrates and the sealing glass 13 between the two substrates to avoid the moisture and oxygen in the air.
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- This application claims the priority of Chinese patent application No. CN201510484928.6, filed on Aug. 7, 2015, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- The present disclosure generally relates to the field of display technologies and, more particularly, relates to a display substrate and its fabrication method, a display panel, and a display apparatus.
- Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) display apparatus may include OLED devices using organic materials. Such organic materials are often easy to react with oxygen and moisture in the air. This may reduce the lifetime and function of the OLED devices. Therefore, it is desirable to strictly separate the OLED devices from moisture and oxygen in the air in order to prolong the lifetime of the OLED devices.
- One of the conventional sealing methods for the OLED devices may use welding sealing glass to seal the device. As shown in
FIGS. 1-3 , adisplay substrate 1 may include asubstrate 10 and a displayingregion 11 for display. Thedisplay substrate 1 may also include asealing region 12 in the peripheral area of the displayingregion 11. During sealing, asealing glass 13 may be applied in thesealing region 12, and asealing substrate 2 may be placed on top of thesealing glass 13. Thesealing glass 13 may be welded or fused by laser radiation. Thedisplay substrate 1 may be bonded to the sealingsubstrate 2. The OLED device may thus be sealed in a closed region formed by the two substrates and thesealing glass 13 between the two substrates to avoid the contact with the moisture and oxygen in the air. Such method may provide an excellent sealing ability for 7000 hours under a temperature of 85° C. and relative moisture of 85%. The sealing ability provided by using the sealing glass may be much better than the sealing ability when using UV resin. - However, problems arise. In order to transmit the signal from outside for example from a driving circuit to the OLED devices, a
driving wire 14 needs to pass across thesealing region 12 and enter into the displayingregion 11. Therefore, thedriving wire 14 has to overlap with thesealing region 12. Because thedriving wire 14 often has a certain height, the overlapping region may not be uniform. Stress may be generated in the overlapping region to easily break thewelding sealing glass 13, causing sealing failure. - The disclosed array substrates and fabrication methods, display panels, and display apparatus are directed to at least partially alleviate one or more problems set forth above and to solve other problems in the art.
- One aspect of the present disclosure provides a display substrate. The display substrate includes a substrate including a sealing region and a driving wire on the substrate. At least a portion of the driving wire is in the sealing region. The portion of the driving wire includes: a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and sides there-between connecting to the first surface and the second surface. Each side has a projection width on the substrate of at least about 1 μm.
- Optionally, the projection width of each side on the substrate is at least about 2 μm.
- Optionally, the projection width of each side on the substrate is at most about 5 μm.
- Optionally, each side of the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region has a planar surface.
- Optionally, each side of the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region has one of a cambered surface and a waving surface.
- Optionally, each side of the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region has at least a protrusion.
- Optionally, each side of the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region includes a plurality of continuous protrusions.
- Optionally, the plurality of continuous protrusions on both sides of the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region has a same three-dimensional shape.
- Optionally, each side of the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region includes a plurality of discrete protrusions.
- Optionally, the display substrate further includes a displaying region. The sealing region is in a peripheral area near the displaying region to surround the displaying region.
- Optionally, the driving wire includes one or more selected from a data line, a common electrode line and a power line.
- Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for fabricating a display substrate. A substrate including a sealing region is provided. A plurality of driving wires is formed on the substrate. At least a portion of the driving wire is in the sealing region. The portion of the driving wire in the sealing region includes: a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and sides there-between connecting to the first surface and the second surface. Each side has a projection width on the substrate of at least about 1 μm.
- Optionally, the step of forming the driving wires includes: depositing a metal layer on the substrate, coating a photoresist layer on the metal layer, using a photolithographic process to form a patterned photoresist layer, and etching the metal layer using the patterned photoresist layer as a mask to form the plurality of driving wires.
- Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a display panel including two substrates and a sealing glass between the two substrates. At least one of the two substrates includes the disclosed display substrate.
- Optionally, the sealing glass is in the sealing region of the display substrate for bonding the two substrates together, and the driving wire is configured to pass across the sealing region.
- Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a display apparatus including the disclosed display panel.
- Other aspects or embodiments of the present disclosure can be understood by those skilled in the art in light of the description, the claims, and the drawings of the present disclosure.
- The following drawings are merely examples for illustrative purposes according to various disclosed embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.
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FIG. 1 illustrates a top view of an existing display substrate; -
FIG. 2 illustrates an enlarged schematic diagram of the display substrate in A position inFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the existing display substrate; -
FIG. 4 illustrates a top view of an exemplary display substrate according to various embodiments of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 5 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the exemplary display substrate according to various embodiments of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 6 illustrates another cross-sectional view of the exemplary display substrate according to various embodiments of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 7 illustrates a top view of another exemplary display substrate according to various embodiments of the present disclosure; and -
FIG. 8 illustrates a top view of another exemplary display substrate according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. - Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts. It should be understood that the exemplary embodiments described herein are only intended to illustrate and explain the present invention and not to limit the invention.
- The present disclosure provides array substrates and fabrication methods, display panels, and display apparatus to solve the non-uniformity surface problems of the driving wire at an overlapping region with a welding sealing glass in the sealing region of the display substrate. The present disclosure provides the driving wire with desired sides used as buffer zones for sealing. The present disclosure also increases the contacting area between the driving wire and the welding sealing glass to increase sealing ability of the display substrate. Therefore, the welding sealing glass may not break easily and the sealing yield may be increased.
- According to various embodiments, the disclosed display substrate may include a substrate including a sealing region. The disclosed display substrate may further include a driving wire on the substrate and the driving wire includes at least a portion in the sealing region. The portion of the driving wire in the sealing region may include: for example, a first surface, such as a top surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, such as a bottom surface, on the substrate, and two sides each configured between the first and second surfaces and connecting to each of the first and second surfaces. Each side of the portion of the driving wire in the sealing region has a vertical projection on the substrate with a projection width of at least about 1 μm.
- As shown in
FIGS. 4-6 , the present disclose may provide an exemplary display substrate. The display substrate may include asubstrate 10. Thesubstrate 10 may include a sealingregion 12 used for sealing. Adriving wire 14 may be arranged on thesubstrate 10. At least a part of thedriving wire 14 may be arranged in the sealingregion 12. Optionally, an insulatinglayer 15 may be arranged on thedriving wire 14 and thesubstrate 10. - The
display substrate 1 may include a displayingregion 11 used for displaying and a sealingregion 12 surrounding or enclosing the displayingregion 11. OLED devices may be arranged in the displayingregion 11. Sealingglass 13 may be arranged in the sealingregion 12. - A sealing
substrate 2 may be placed on the sealingglass 13. Thedisplay substrate 1 may be bonded to the sealingsubstrate 2 after a laser radiation of the sealingglass 13. The OLED devices may be sealed in the closed region formed by the two substrates, i.e., thedisplay substrate 1 and the sealingsubstrate 2, and the sealingglass 13 between the two substrates to avoid the moisture and oxygen in the air. - The
driving wire 14 may be arranged on thesubstrate 10. Thedriving wire 14 may include a data line, a common electrode line, a power line, etc., without any limitations. In order to transmit a signal from an outside source into an OLED device, thedriving wire 14 may pass across the sealingregion 12 to enter into the displayingregion 11. In other words, thedriving wire 14 and the insulatinglayer 15 on thedriving wire 14 may be partially overlapped with the sealingregion 12. The insulatinglayer 15 in the sealingregion 12 may contact the sealingglass 13 in the sealingregion 12. In some embodiments, thedriving wire 14 may be a metal driving wire for a better signal transmission. - In the
display substrate 1 of one embodiment, thedriving wire 14 in the sealingregion 12 may include a top surface and a bottom surface configured on a surface of thesubstrate 10. In some cases, both the top surface and the bottom surface are configured in parallel with the surface of thesubstrate 10. In other cases, the top surface may not be in parallel with the surface of thesubstrate 10 but having an angle with the surface of thesubstrate 10, while the bottom surface is disposed on thesubstrate 10 and in parallel with the surface of thesubstrate 10. Thedriving wire 14 in the sealingregion 12 may further include twosides 141 between the top surface and the bottom surface, each side having one end connected to the top surface and having another end connected to the bottom surface. - In various embodiments, the two
sides 141 may not be perpendicular or vertical to the top or bottom surface of thedriving wire 14 in the sealingregion 12. Each of the twosides 141 of thedriving wire 14 in the sealingregion 12 may form an acute angle with the top or bottom surface of thedriving wire 14. The acute angles may be the same or different on both sides. For example, thedriving wire 14 in the sealingregion 12 in the present embodiment may have a cross-section shape including a trapezium. The vertical projection of each of thesides 141 on the substrate may have a projection width. The projection width may be at least about 1 μm, as shown inFIGS. 5-6 . - As such, at least a portion of the
driving wire 14 may be in the sealingregion 12 and may include: a top surface and a bottom surface in parallel with a surface of thesubstrate 10, and twosides 141 each respectively connecting to both the top surface and the bottom surface. The vertical projection of each of thesides 141 on the substrate may have a projection width of about 1 μm or greater. - In general, for the
driving wire 14, a bottom surface may be surely in contact with thesubstrate 10, a top surface may be opposite to the bottom surface, and the top surface and the bottom surface may be bonded by twosides 141, as shown inFIG. 3 . Often, due to the limitation of the fabrication process, the twosides 141 may not be fully perpendicular to thesubstrate 10. The twosides 141 may be tilted relatively to thesubstrate 10. Therefore, on the two sides of thedriving wire 14, a thickness-tapering region along a direction from inside to the edge of thedriving wire 14 may exist. The thickness-tapering region may be shown as thesides 141. Thesides 141 may thus each have a projection width projected on thesubstrate 10. The projection width may be a size perpendicular to a length direction of thedriving wire 14. The projection width may also be referred to as width amplitude of thesides 141. - In the present disclosure, the
sides 141 may be used as buffer zones for buffering stress generated between the drivingwire 14 and the sealingglass 13. Thewelding sealing glass 13 may thus not be broken easily. In the meantime, thesides 141 may increase the contact area between the drivingwire 14 and the sealingglass 13. Thesides 141 may increase the sealing ability of thedisplay substrate 1 and increase the sealing yield. Therefore, by increasing the size of thesides 141, the contact area, either direct or indirect, between the drivingwire 14 and the sealingglass 13 may be increased and the sealing ability of thedisplay substrate 1 may be increased. As disclosed herein, the projection width of the sides projected on the substrate may be at least about 1 μm. - For example, because the insulating
layer 15 is disposed on thedriving wire 14, the sealingglass 13 may not be in direct contact with thedriving wire 14. The sealingglass 13 may contact thedriving wire 14 indirectly. Therefore, the contact area may be an indirect contact area. As disclosed, thesides 141 are configured to increase the indirect contact area between the drivingwire 14 and the sealingglass 13. Therefore, thesides 141 in the indirect contact area between the drivingwire 14 and the sealingglass 13 may need to follow the size requirements as disclosed herein. The size requirements may include a width requirement of thesides 141 of thedriving wire 14 in the sealingregion 12 for at least about 1 μm. In one embodiment, considering ease for the fabrication process, all thesides 141 of thedriving wire 14 may have a same projection width. However, thesides 141 of thedriving wire 14 may have a different projection width. - In some embodiments, the projection width of the vertical projection of the
sides 141 on the substrate may be about 2 μm or greater. - In some embodiments, the projection width of the vertical projection of the
sides 141 on the substrate may be about 5 μm or less. - The greater the projection width of each of the
sides 141 of thedriving wire 14 on the substrate, the bonding strength between thewelding sealing glass 13 and thedriving wire 14 may be better. Thedisplay substrate 1 and the sealingsubstrate 2 may be bonded more tightly. Therefore, the sealing ability of thedisplay substrate 1 may be increased. - However, the size of the
driving wire 141 such as the projection width of each of thesides 141 may not be increased unlimitedly. When the overlapping area is too large, the setting of other components or devices may be affected. In addition, for thedriving wire 14 having a fixed thickness or height, the wider the side is, the side may be tilted less. Thus, the top surface of the side may be closer to the top surface of thedriving wire 14. However, if the top surface of the side is too close to the top surface of the driving wire, the contact area between the drivingwire 14 and the sealingglass 13 may not be increased. - One or both
sides 141 of thedriving wire 14 may have a projection width on thesubstrate 10 of greater than or equal to about 2 μm, and less than or equal to about 5 μm. - In some embodiments, as shown in
FIG. 5 , each of the tiltedsides 141 of thedriving wire 14 may have a top surface including a planar top surface or a flat top surface. - Alternatively, as shown in
FIG. 6 , each of the tiltedsides 141 of thedriving wire 14 may have a curved surface such as a cambered surface or a waving surface including concave and convex surfaces. - In various embodiments, the top surface of the
driving wire 14 may have a certain shape or pattern in a plane vertical to the top surface, then the contact area between the top surface of thedriving wire 14 and the insulatinglayer 15 may increase. The indirect contact area between the drivingwire 14 and the sealingglass 13 may also increase. - In addition to having certain projection width, the
sides 141 of thedriving wire 14 may have various shapes in accordance with various embodiments. For example, the top surface of theside 141 of thedriving wire 14, which is the surface in contact with the sealingglass 13, may be a planar surface as shown inFIG. 5 or a smooth waving surface as shown inFIG. 6 . The top surface may also include a plurality of uneven waving surfaces. The shape and morphology of the top surface of theside 141 may affect the bonding ability between the drivingwire 14 and the sealingglass 13. - Of course, the shape and morphology of the top surface of the
sides 141 of thedriving wire 14 may not be limited. Any suitable shapes and morphologies may be used for the top surface of thesides 141 of thedriving wire 14. - As shown in
FIG. 7 , the present embodiment provides a display substrate. The display substrate inFIG. 7 may have a similar structure as thedisplay substrate 1 illustrated inFIGS. 4-6 , except that sides 141 of thedriving wire 14 in the sealingregion 12 inFIG. 7 may further have at least oneprotrusion 142. - This is in contrast to the display substrate shown in
FIG. 2 . As shown inFIG. 2 , thesides 141 of thedriving wire 14 may be a line when being viewed from a certain direction, without having any protrusions. Therefore, the contact area of thedriving wire 14 with the sealingglass 13 may be small. The welding between the sealingglass 13 and thedriving wire 14 may not be sufficiently stable. Under a stress, thewelding sealing glass 13 may break and the sealing of thedisplay substrate 1 may fail. Therefore, the sealing yield of thedisplay substrate 1 may decrease. - In one embodiment, as shown in
FIG. 7 , the twosides 141 of thedriving wire 14 may not be linear anymore. The twosides 141 may have a profile having a randomly-curved line. The randomly-curved line may haveprotrusions 142. Theprotrusions 142 with different numbers, different positions, and different shapes may be arranged along the length of thedriving wire 14. Thus, the linear lines may be converted to curved lines having any random cross-section shapes. By this arrangement and comparing with the edges of the linear lines, the edges of the twosides 141 of thedriving wire 14 may be arranged having randomly curved shapes or patterns to effectively increase the welding area between the drivingwire 14 and the sealingglass 13. Thus, the welding between the drivingwire 14 and the sealingglass 13 may be stronger, and the sealing ability of thedisplay substrate 1 may be better. The sealing yield of thedisplay substrate 1 may be improved. - The width of such randomly curved sides of driving
wire 14 may be the same or similar as the width of sides of drivingwire 14 that do not have protrusions. Because thesides 141 are used to increase the contact area between the drivingwire 14 and the sealingglass 13, as long as thedriving wire 14 in the sealingregion 12 provides desired contact area, other portion(s) of thedriving wire 14 outside of the sealingregion 12 may have any possible shapes, cross sections, surface morphologies, etc. without limitation. For example, thesides 141 of thedriving wire 14 in other regions may still have a linear line or linear profile, e.g., without having any protrusions. However, considering ease of the process flow and the fabricating steps, all edges of thedriving wire 14 may be a curved line along a length direction. - In some embodiments, the two
sides 141 of thedriving wire 14 may include a plurality ofcontinuous protrusions 142, as opposed to discrete protrusions. - In other words, the plurality of the
protrusions 142 may be connected with one another. As shown inFIG. 7 , the edge of theside 141 may be in the shape of the curved line with random shapes. The edge of theside 141 may not have a linear portion in parallel with the longitudinal or length direction. Alternatively, theprotrusions 142 may be discretely arranged having intervals between adjacent protrusions. In this case, the edge of thedriving wire 14 may include a plurality of linear lines separated by an interval between adjacent protrusions, plus curved lines between the linear lines. - In some embodiments, as shown in
FIG. 8 , each of the twosides 141 of thedriving wire 14 may have a plurality of thecontinuous protrusions 142, and each protrusion has a same or similar shape. In addition, thedriving wire 14 may have a symmetrical structure, e.g., having a central line or central plane along a longitudinal direction of thedriving wire 14. The twosides 141 are symmetrically configured and centered by the central line or central plane of thedriving wire 14 along the longitudinal direction of thedriving wire 14. - The plurality of the
protrusions 142 may have same or similar three-dimensional shapes. The cross-section shape of thesides 141 of thedriving wire 14 may include a regularly and periodically curved line. By this arrangement, the contact area, i.e., the indirect contact area, between thesides 141 of thedriving wire 14 and the sealingglass 13 may be increased. Therefore, the welding between the drivingwire 14 and the sealingglass 13 may be stable. - Alternatively, in one embodiment, the two
sides 141 of thedriving wire 14 may be arranged to include a plurality ofprotrusions 142 with irregular shapes. - After all, the purpose of the arrangement of the
protrusions 142 is to form a curved line for theside 141 in a cross-section view of thedriving wire 14 as shown inFIGS. 7-8 . Specific three-dimensional shape, number, and/or position of theprotrusions 142 may be determined according to the actual needs and are not limited byFIGS. 7-8 . - Of course, it should be appreciated that, even there are
protrusions 142, the twosides 141 of thedriving wire 14 may at least have a vertical projection on the substrate to provide a projection width of about 1 μm or greater. - As disclosed herein, a plurality of driving
wires 14 may be included in one display substrate and may be the same or different. In one embodiment, some driving wires among all driving wires in one display substrate may be the same, other driving wires may be different. For example, a number of drivingwires 14 illustrated inFIG. 7 and a number of drivingwires 14 illustrated inFIG. 8 may be included in a same display substrate. - As shown in
FIG. 5 andFIG. 6 , various embodiments provide a method for fabricating a display substrate. The display substrate may be any of the display substrates as described in the present disclosure. The fabrication method may include, for example, forming a plurality of drivingwires 14 spaced apart and passing across the sealingregion 12 to enter into the displayingregion 11. Thedriving wire 14 in the sealing region may at least include a top surface and a bottom surface configured in parallel with the substrate. The top surface and the bottom surface connecting to each of the twosides 141 and each of the twosides 141 may have a projection width of at least about 1 μm. - The fabrication steps for forming the driving
wires 14 may include: depositing a metal layer on the substrate by sputtering. A photoresist layer may be coated on the metal layer, followed by a photolithographic process to form a patterned photoresist layer by exposure and developing of the photoresist layer. The metal layer is then etched using the patterned photoresist layer as an etch mask to form the driving wires. - In one embodiment, in order to form the
driving wire 14 to havesides 141 with a projection width on the substrate of at least about 1 μm, the angle formed between theside 141 and a surface of the substrate may be decreased. Therefore, in the etching process to form the drivingwires 14, the acid ingredients, concentrations, and additives of the etchant solution may be adjusted according to the structure of the to-be-formed driving wire 14. - As such, the
display substrate 1 fabricated in the present embodiment may include drivingwires 14, and at least a portion of adriving wire 14 in the sealingregion 12 includessides 141 each having a projection width of a vertical projection on the substrate of at least about 1 μm. The projection widths of the two sides of thesame driving wire 14 may be the same or different. The sides of thedriving wire 14 may be used as buffer zones. Thus, thewelding sealing glass 13 may not be broken easily. In the meantime, the contact area of thedriving wire 14 and the sealingglass 13 may be increased. The sealing ability of thedisplay substrate 1 may be improved. - In addition, the size, surface shape, and surface morphology of the sides may be controlled and adjusted during the fabrication process of the driving
wires 14. - As shown in
FIGS. 5-8 , various embodiments also provide a display panel. The display panel may include two substrates and a sealing glass between the two substrates. At least one of the two substrates may be the display substrate disclosed herein. For example, the sealingglass 13 may be configured in the sealingregion 12 to bond the two substrates including thedisplay substrate 1 and the sealingsubstrate 2. At least a portion of thedriving wire 14 may be arranged in the sealingregion 12. - The disclosed display panel may include at least one of the
display substrates 1 disclosed inFIGS. 5-8 . Thedisplay substrate 1 may include a displayingregion 11 used for displaying and a sealingregion 12 configured in a peripheral area near the displayingregion 11 and surrounding the displayingregion 11. OLED devices may be arranged in the displayingregion 11. While sealing, the sealingglass 13 may be in the sealingregion 12. The sealingregion 12 may be arranged on thedisplay substrate 1. After a laser radiation, the sealingglass 13 may be welded and thedisplay substrate 1 and the sealingsubstrate 2 may be bonded together. Therefore, the OLED devices may be sealed in the closed region formed by the two substrates and the sealingglass 13 between the two substrates to avoid the moisture and oxygen in the air from contacting the OLED devices. - The present embodiment may provide a display apparatus. The display apparatus may include any of the display substrates disclosed in the present disclosure.
- The display apparatus may include a liquid crystal panel, an electronic paper, an OLED panel, a cell phone, a tablet, a television, a monitor, a laptop, a digital frame, or a navigation device, or any product or part having a displaying function.
- The display apparatus in the present disclosure may include a sealing
glass 13 arranged in the sealingregion 12. The sealingsubstrate 2 may be arranged on thedisplay substrate 1. After laser radiation, the sealingglass 13 may be welded to bond thedisplay substrate 1 and the sealingsubstrate 2 together. The OLED devices may be sealed in the closed region formed by the two substrates and the sealingglass 13 between the two substrates to avoid the moisture and oxygen in the air. - The embodiments disclosed herein are exemplary only. Other applications, advantages, alternations, modifications, or equivalents to the disclosed embodiments are obvious to those skilled in the art and are intended to be encompassed within the scope of the present disclosure.
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